/blog/Destiny823/?pid=f7780 [B]"A place to greet, a place to meet, a place to share"[/B] - Destiny823 /blog/2877/post_145289.html?pid=f7780&m= HANUKKAH -- FESTIVAL OF LIGHTSHanukkah opened at sundown on December 20, 2011 and will end at sundown December 28, 2011. This eight day “Festival of Lights” is celebrated in Jewish homes and temp Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:21:29 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145289.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145278.html?pid=f7780&m= APPROACHING THE YEAR’S ENDI am celebrating LIFE and invite all to join with me, especially those who have defied the odds, overcome afflictions, and are restored to everyday living. We’ve been lo Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:58:23 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145278.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145256.html?pid=f7780&m= One of my Christmas gifts this year was bought from MASS SAVE, a large green carton of twelve CFL (compact flourescent light) bulbs, two desk lamps and two night lights all packed into a carrying case Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:18:41 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145256.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145230.html?pid=f7780&m= What a glorious day this day known as Christmas Day. It hearkens us back over 2000 years to the memory of a special child’s birth that took place in squalid conditions as his parents sought to obey Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:19:44 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145230.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145220.html?pid=f7780&m= Sam and I were meant to be. It was love at first glance. Sam’s life opened to me in 1940 at a five and dime store, F.W.Woolworth, where he stood on a small glass shelf located at the very end of the Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:46:26 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145220.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145194.html?pid=f7780&m= [imageNote: This is a re post of 12/10/07 but the importance of the message has never left me. We meet ourselves in unique ways and this was one of those. Giving is easy.....I had to learn the importa Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:28:44 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145194.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145183.html?pid=f7780&m= “Not what we give, but what we shareFor the gift without the giver is bare.”Ref: The Vision of Sir Launfal By James Russell Lowell [image]Note: Three generations, m Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:57:16 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145183.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145168.html?pid=f7780&m= Among all the greetings of the Christmas Season, the cards, letters and phone calls, none brought greater joy than an e-mail dashed off to me by my second eldest son. He directed me to an art gallery Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:16:48 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145168.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145140.html?pid=f7780&m= [image]CHRISTMAS CUP OF TEASome of you may be familiar with the book A Cup of Christmas Tea by Tom Hegg and Illustrator, Warren Hanson. If you are not, I urge you to check this out on Amazon, perhaps Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:58:44 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145140.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145092.html?pid=f7780&m= [image] As I made my way around the internet doing some wrap-up research, I came upon this interesting article that involved Wiggins Airways of Norwood, Massachusetts. My after school job in high scho Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:07:16 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145092.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145082.html?pid=f7780&m= WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO METhe tinsel and the trimmingsGift wrap and ribbons too,The hustle and the bustleIs this what Christmas means to you?The cards and their fond memoriesThe wreath hung upon the d Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:37:48 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145082.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145061.html?pid=f7780&m= DICKENS PERFORMS HIS OWNI am fascinated to learn from an account written by Ray Kelly of the Springfield Republican, that Charles Dickens not only wrote, but also performed A Christmas Carol in its en Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:08:16 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145061.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_145017.html?pid=f7780&m= [image]Reference my blog: ON ANGEL'S WINGS, 12/10/11 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:28:26 -0800 /blog/2877/post_145017.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_144986.html?pid=f7780&m= ‘Twas the night of Christmas shoppingDecked out in my red and greenI went off to face the Walmart crowdA nightmare unforeseen.Loaded carts, toys stackedPatience short, money too,Long lines, car trun Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:21:17 -0800 /blog/2877/post_144986.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_144978.html?pid=f7780&m= My husband brought his Irish and I brought my French customs and traditions into our marriage in 1958. One of the Irish customs we embraced and continue to this day is the candle glowing in the window Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:15:19 -0800 /blog/2877/post_144978.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_144948.html?pid=f7780&m= A CHRISTMAS GIFT OF LOVE © (repost)Love comes packaged in many different ways. However it may be packaged, in the final analysis, it is unmistakable. This is the story of a little boy who at the tend Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:17:14 -0800 /blog/2877/post_144948.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_144912.html?pid=f7780&m= Oh woe! Just when I mustered up the energy to attempt to undue the fiasco of my last computer repair I discovered that the floppy disk drive, yes, you know, the old floppies, wasn’t working. I had n Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:06:50 -0800 /blog/2877/post_144912.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_144847.html?pid=f7780&m= The formal Christmas Eve table setting included the delicate, exquisitely and beautifully engraved crystal pedestal punch bowl with its heavy crystal ladle and twelve matching cups. The bowl and acces Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:04:18 -0800 /blog/2877/post_144847.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_144817.html?pid=f7780&m= There she was, on the back page of the Steiger’s Department Store Christmas Sale flyer that I held in my hand, the last to be printed for the season in 1991! The white bisque 8” angel, her wings Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:41:11 -0800 /blog/2877/post_144817.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2877/post_144770.html?pid=f7780&m= COINCIDENCE? -- I DON’T THNK SO!Thursday, December 8, 2011 opened like all other days. However, Thursday was unique inasmuch as my housekeeper arrives on alternate weeks and my oxygen delivery arriv Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:59:51 -0800 /blog/2877/post_144770.html?pid=f7780&m=